SHEBOYGAN, Wisconsin (AP):
A MOTHER backing out of a driveway to get candy on Christmas Eve accidentally ran over her six-year-old daughter and killed her, police said.
When officers arrived shortly before midnight on Christmas Eve, they found Marivel Alvarez seriously injured. She was taken to a local hospital where she died, police said.
The family was at a friend's house visiting for the holiday, police Detective Ed Worthman said yesterday.
The girl was playing in the house with some other children when the 24-year-old mother, Cordelia Quistorf, left, Worthman said.
"Apparently the other kids realised she was going to get candy and (the daughter) just went out," Worthman said.
The mother, of Sheboygan, did not know she was there, he said.
"It's very, very traumatic for them obviously," Worthman said. "It's something that one couldn't imagine."
Also in the car were the woman's other daughter and two sons, he said.
Worthman said the incident was an accident and he did not expect the district attorney to file charges.
